Improvement in machinery for printing yarn



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IMPROVEMENT IN llllAGHINlEI-tY` FOR -PRINTING YARN.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCRN:y n

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. STEPHENS, of North Providence, inthecounty of Providencefin'the State 'of Rhode Islend, have invented an"Improved Method of Printing Yarn 3 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is o full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference markedthereon. y

The nature of my invention consists in providing a. method by which yarnpassing between two iluted orv ribbed rollers is printed with a. varietyof distinct colors, separated from each other by intervening spaces.-

To enable others skilled in the Aart to make and use my invention, Iwillldescribe itsconstrnction and operation.

I construct underneath each of seid fluted or ribbed` rollers asmon'y'colorfboxes as I want colors on the yarn, each with a.color-roller revolving in it, and between each color-roller and the utedor ribbed rollers that print lthe yarn, a color-carrier, with flutes orribs on it, which come first in contact with the'color-roller, and fthen, with the ribbed or ilutedrollcrs, printing vthe yarn. Saidcolor-carriers are moved by means of gears attached to the`sha`t ofthecolors printing the yarn. ,The color-rollers are move-fl by means-ofebelt or`gea`rs connected with' the color-carriers.

The different parts of my invention are shown on the accompanyingdrawingthus:

A A are the iuted or ribbed rollers that print the yarn b with the samecolor on both sides at the same tiin'e ns it is madeto pass betweenthem. I `i Q C represent the color-boxes.

E E, the color rollers.

F F, the color-carriers.

f1 a', the gearsorcog-wheels. l l Y What I claim as my invention? sinddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isl n The contrivance andarrangement of" the color-carriers F F, as shown in the drowings,'andtheir combination with the -color-rollers E E, and the utedor ribbedrollers A A', so as to put different c'olors vupon different utes orribs of the rollers-A A, and thus to print the yorn with differentcolors, with distinct .intervals or spaces between. I l I EDWARD J.STEPHENS.

Witnesses.:

l BENIN. N. LAPHAM,

VARNUM J. BATH-s.

